Floyd Abrams

Floyd Abrams (born July 9, 1936) is an American attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. He is an expert on constitutional law, and has argued 13 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Abrams represented The New York Times in 1971 during the Pentagon Papers case, Judith Miller in the CIA leak grand jury investigation, Standard & Poor's and Lorillard Tobacco Company. He argued for Citizens United during the 2010 Supreme Court case. In 2008 he played the pivotal role of Judge Hall in the movie Nothing but the Truth (2008 American film). He is the William J. Brennan Jr. visiting Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Abrams joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel in 1963 and became a partner in 1970. In August 2021, Abrams was named to the advisory board of American facial recognition company Clearview AI as of counsel.

Born:

Jul 9, 1936 In New York City, New York, USA

Movie/TV Credits:

3

First Appeared:

In the movie Nothing But the Truth 2008-12-19

Latest Project:

Movie Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely 2023-09-22